<s>
Lotus	B-Application
Manuscript	I-Application
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
MS-DOS-based	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
from	O
Lotus	O
Development	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
released	O
in	O
1986	O
,	O
Lotus	B-Application
Manuscript	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
and	O
being	O
sophisticated	O
geared	O
toward	O
scientific	O
technical	O
writing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
footnoting	O
,	O
document	O
tracking	O
,	O
import	O
from	O
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
,	O
and	O
mailmerge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
had	O
two	O
modes	O
:	O
structured	O
(	O
outline	O
)	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
technical	O
writing	O
,	O
and	O
unstructured	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manuscript	O
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1988	O
and	O
added	O
a	O
Microlytics-based	O
thesaurus	O
,	O
conditional	O
mail	B-Application
merges	I-Application
,	O
multi-line	O
headers	O
and	O
footers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
like	O
backslash	O
commands	O
were	O
replaced	O
with	O
40	O
markers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
Manuscript	O
were	O
later	O
copied	O
by	O
Wordperfect	B-Application
and	O
Word	B-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
easily	O
write	O
scientific	O
manuscripts	O
on	O
a	O
computer	O
has	O
not	O
yet	O
been	O
accomplished	O
.	O
</s>
